Fish-hook extractor.



L. BURAS, 5;. FISH HOOK EXTRAGTOB. APPLICATION FILED JPHBS, 1910.

livvnumn WITNESSES:

UNIIED imfrns PATENT LEON BURASVJ'IL. OF VENICEILOUISIANA.

FISH-HOOK EXTRACTOR.

.1 ,oooatr.

spe of Letters P t n Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

Application filecl .T unei 3, 1910. Serial No. 564,897.

' eitizen of the llni'ted States.-residt1 ig at to implemei'its tor extt'aetinQ hooks t'ronrthe months of tishes. and eoui ists in the iinphnnent'. hereinat'ter deserilted and elaimed. tone'utting the flesh in \'-hiehthe lrarhed end'ot' the hook is engagedtoaelease the said barbed end. and then tat-il itating-or re'mlerin i' easy the witlulrawal ot' the hookt'rom the throat or month otthe fish.

In the drawings aeeonu'ianyingand lormin g' part of this speeitieati on: Figure 1 is a side eleratimrot' my novel implement. and

Fig. 2 is a hark ,\iew ot' the same. is a detail view showing the relative ar rangeinent ot' the noteh and knit 'ot' theimplement',

himilar letters of ret'erenee designate eorresl'n'uuling parts in the views of the draw -in; s.

. mentis formed of any material or materials 1 major portion in its t'ront eo l wonldalso have providethe fJft' portion -ith a slot l); thouh th'e said slot is not essential ttr-the sneeessl'nl use ot the implei trom.saidedge' mrtion and also having a In addition to the major p irtion If,

the head of the blade ;ti.\ed to the trout edge of said Fig". t

right handle 11 ot my norel imples z'and it is provided at its tormonth of a fish. the operator holds the line portion or. snood to whieh'the hook is attaehed. and then plat-es the implement head so that the snood or line portion is received between the divergent portions 1?. and inserts the head in the fishs month or throat .nutil the bend of tlie fish hook is seated in the noteh 0'. Dating the last part of the deseri-hed movement ot-the implement. pres: sure is. exerted thereagainst to eause the knife to eat the flesh that holds the barbed end ot'the hook and release said barbed.

end: also. if-neeessary. the implement is given a twist to release the barbed end from the tles h. The operator then takes a turn of the line portion or snood to w'hieh the hook is attaehed about the arm or bntton C, mak ing sure to draw the hook tight against the head of the impleme'nt. after which the en- ;raged hook and implement head may be easily drawn from the month of the fish. The tli\'L'l' $I0t'l oespread portions (1, receivebet ween them the shank portion of thehook and render it easy to more the knife A to and elose alongside the barbed end of the.

hook for the purpose before stated. 7

While it is (mm-meat to wrap-the snood or line portion about the button C in, the manner deserihed'. it is obvious that the line portion orsnood may be held tant by the hand that grasps the handle ofthehmple- 5 ment. and that. therefore. the button C :hile preferred is not an essential. element of my invention.

.\t It the handle (I of the ii'nplementis prefer-ably. though not" im'essarilv. provided with an enlargement. It is ohrious' that in praetiee the lll'tplt: ment may he made- 1n \ttlltlllS'SlZQS.

:lla'ving deserihed my invention, what. I

rlniln and desire to seeure' by Letters-Pat-t ent. is:

l. t\ fish hook extraetor eomprising a handle. and a head tixed thereto and having an edge portion and lttll'tltlllfitllttt; diverge 'lrom the ed said noteh.

A- tish hook extractortaomprising a.

geqportion, at" a ppint' adjae ent.

handle having a lateral arm or button at an from the edge portion, at a point adjacent intermediate point of its length; and a head said notch.

fixed to said handle and having a slotted edge portion, and portions that diverge I LEON BURAS"JR' from said' edge portion and also having a Witnesses: notch in the forward end of said edge por- ERNEST FELLON) 'tion and a knife fixed to and projecting JAMES BROWN. 

